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Belgian Thierry Boutsen, made his Formula One debut at the 1983 Belgian Grand Prix with the Arrows team. He remained with the team for three seasons before moving to Benetton. The 1985 Arrows A8, was designed by Dave Wass and utilised an aluminium-composite tub behind which was mounted the BMW M12 turbocharged engine. The engines […]

Nelson Piquet, Roberto Ravaglia and Marc Duez finished second in their BMW Fina Bastos Team-entered BMW 320i, at the 1995 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Victory went to the sister car of Kox-Winkelhock-Soper which finishes with a 9 laps advantage!

Niki Lauda is reflecting, relaxing and enjoying the late sunshine on his rented Opel, in the middle of the Anderstorp paddock, after qualifying for the 1974 Swedish Grand Prix (legendary Ferrari mechanic Ermanno Cuoghi is seen on the foreground). These wonderful pictures, taken by one Lennart Bergsten capture the atmosphere of a Formula One paddock […]

Prince Bira of Thailand, at the 1947 Jersey International Road Race, in his Maserati 4CL.

For the 1977 season, Ferrari opted to continue with the now fully recovered Niki Lauda and have Argentinian Carlos Reutemann (picture above) replacing Clay Regazzoni, who moved on to the Ensign team. In the first two races of the season, Reutemann finished third in Argentina and scored a superb win in Brazil, outdriving Lauda and […]

Excellent surprise at the 2020 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps with the presentation of a beautiful ‘Art Car’ designed by acclaimed American artist Peter Halley. This BMW M6 GT3, an initiative of Brussels gallery owner Alain Noirhomme and entered by the Boutsen Ginion team was on track last week-end during the famous Belgian 24 Hours. In […]

The three Mercedes-Benz W154 of #24 Rudolf Caracciola, #28 Hermann Lang and #26 Manfred von Brauchitsch at the 1938 French Grand Prix at Reims-Gueux.

Bernie Ecclestone turned 90 yesterday, and he’s still as sharp as ever. He started selling second-hand bikes and then sold used cars while having a brief career as a racing car driver. As his business expanded he went into team ownership and drivers management. He twice quit Formula One when one of his drivers died […]

Emilio de Villota Ruíz is a former racing driver from Madrid in Spain. He entered 15 Formula One Grand Prix between 1976 and 1982, succeeding to qualify twice only. He failed to score a point. Using a regulation that allowed the participation of private teams or drivers who could afford to purchase a car and […]

Leyton House Racing was a Formula One constructor that raced in 1990 and 1991 seasons. It was, in essence, a rebranding of the March team which had returned to F1 in 1987. Leyton House, a Japanese real estate company who thrived during Japan’s economic boom in the early 90’s, but then went bankrupt and fraud […]